Daffodil Day Appeal

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22066, 23 September 1933, Page 10

Daffodil Day Appeal

A Press Association message states that a Daffodil Day appeal by the kindergartens of Christchurch ; yesterday realised the sum of £4OO.

Power Supply from Waitaki Cr J. B. Shaddock (chairman of the Electric Power and Lighting Committee), Cr J. J Marlow, and the city electrical engineer’ (Mr M. C. Henderson) have been authorised to proceed sto Welling* ton for the purpose of conferring with the Minister of Public Works on the subject of a modification ctf the terms of the agreement between the Government and the council regarding the supply of power from the Waitaki station. The chairman and the engineer will at the same time attend the annual meeting of delegates to the Electric Power Boards and Supply Authorities Association - which is to be opened at Wellington on the 27th inst. Mishap to Wanganella A brief cable message from Sydney states that the Huddart-lParker Company’s intercolonial motor liner Wanganella has been docked at tlheNew South Wales port for repairs. It is presumed that the vessel met with .a mishap, but its nature is not known. As the Wanganella cannot maintain hep schedule running in consequence of the docking arrangements, it has been found necessary to alter her itinerary. Advice received by the local agents (Messrs Neill and Co.) states that the ship is now timed to leave Sydney at noon on Monday for New Zealand. She is expected to arrive at Wellington on Thursday evening, and will sail at noon on Friday for Sydney and Melbourne.' It was originally intended to despatch the Wauganella from Wellington on Tuesday for the convenience of passengers who are proceeding to Sydney to attend an important race meeting to he held on September 30.

Leith Valley Bus Fare* Consideration has been given by th® Tramways Committee to an application from the Leith Valley Progress League for the granting of a special concession, similar to that available on the electric trams, for apprentices journeying on the Leith Valley bus route. As previously reported to the council, there is no margin in the bus account to permit of any reduction in the existing scale of fares* particularly as any concession given on any one route would obviously be required to be extended to other bu« routqs. The applicants have been advised accordingly...

Green Island to Brighton Road The secretary of the Otago Motor Club wrote to the Taieri County Council yesterday asking if it were the intention of the council to widen the corners on the Grejen Island to Brighton road. The Brighton Advancement and Amenities Society also wrote on the same matter. The council decided to reply that no funds were available at present for this work.

Newspaper Interests A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that arrangements have beem completed by which the annual meetings of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association and the United Press Association, Ltd., will be held at Hanmer, commencing on February 13, 1934. Traffic Returns

The tramway manager’s statement of tine traffic returns for the past fortnightly period indicates a decrease in the revenue, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of £278. The total dacrease since April 1 last is £2882, ec|ual to 3.91 per cent. Tramcars on Fire

Two tramcars were extensively damaged by fire in the city depot at Auckland last night. The cars (says a Pres* Association message) were parked in the depot for the night, when the cleaner* noticed smoke issuing from one car. They immediately gave the alarm. The flames spread rapidly and ignited the woodwork of an adjoining car. It was not possible to subdue the flames before considerable •damage was done. ■“ Peace and Plenty ” ,

Memories of the days when the Australian miners Came in their thousand* to Otago are revived by a find made by Mr R. S. Thompson during mining operations at his claim on the old school site at Lawrence, The find took the shape of a coin' closely resembling a penny. One side bears the inscription, “ Peace and Plenty,” with a kangaroo and an emu, and on the other side there is the inscription “Melbourne, Victoria,” and a figure holding the scales of justice. The coin bears the date 1858. It is only one of a number of coins, including Chinese, which have been discovered by Mr Thompson.

Subsidy to Bands The Finance Committee of the City Council will recommend to the nest meeting of the council that the schedule of the proposed subsidised band performances for the season 1933-34 be approved. As in previous years, seven bands are provided for, each of which will receive £SO out of the council’s allocation of £350 for such purpose. Each hand is to render two Sunday afternoon concerts at the Botanic Gardens and two at St. Glair; also one concert on a Wednesday evening in one of the council's halls. The Salvation Army Band will render its performances at the Dunedin Hospital and the Benevolent Institution.

Community Singing' There was' a very fair attendance, although not so large as last week, at the community sing held in the Empire Theatre yesterday afternoon, when the sum of £lO Is was raised in collections. In addition to the community numbers, which were sung with no little enthusiasm, solos were provided by Miss Tul Salt and Mrs D. Carty, while little Miss Joy Gray delighted the audience with her clever impersonation of Miss Ella Shields in one or two of her better-known songs. The leader for the dav was Mr H. P. Desmoulins, who kept things moving in his customary breezy style, and Miss Rita Holmes was the accompanist.

Signal Hill Road , In connection with the widening .of Signal Hill road the Works Committee of the City Council has accepted offers of land as follows:—(a) From Mr J. H. Wright, portion of section 59, block I, township of Opoho, containing an area of approximately 1.6 poles, free of monetary compensation, but subject to the council erecting on the new alignment a concrete wall with posts and gate, and constructing a crossing to the owner’s garage. The estimated cost of this work is £2l ss. (b) From Messrs Statham, Brent, and Anderson, solicitors, on behalf of the owner, Mr G. M. Anderson, portion of section 58, block I, township of Opoho, containing an area of approximately 1.0 poles, free of monetary compensation, but subject to the council erecting a jarrah fence and gates on the new alignment, and piping the watercourse through the owner’s land. This has been agreed to, provided the owner will permit the verysmall batter both in filling and in cutting to extend into his property.

Noisy Motor Vehicles Consequent on the numerous complaint# received regarding the nuisance caused to patients at night time by nojsy motor vehicles in the vicinity of Dunedin Hospital, the Hospital Committee of the Otago Hospital Board ha# communicated with the City Council requesting that the traffic inspectors be asked to exercise stricter supervision over motor traffic on the streets adjacent to the institution. Honorary Rangers

As it is some years now since any number of honorary rangers were appointed for the purpose of assisting to exercise supervision and control over the city reserves and parks, and as it is desirable that a further number of responsible citizens should be given the opportunity of undertaking such duties, the Reserves Committee of the City Council desires it to be made known that it is desirous of appointing additional honorary rangers, and will be very glad to receive applications from those citizens willing to undertake such service.

Overseas Mails The steamer Waikouaiti, which is due at Bluff on Monday from Sydney, is bringing eight bags' of Australian mail and one parcel receptacle to Dunedin. The Monterey, which is due at Auckland this morning from Sydney, has 13 bags of Australian mail and four parcel receptacles for Dunedin, The Waikouaiti’s mail is expected to come to hand on Monday evening, and the mail by the Monterey on Tuesday afternoon. Mails which left Auckland by the Monowai on August 22 for the United Kingdom, via Vancouver, reached London on Sep* tember 20. Electric Locomotives The work of electrifying the North Island Main Trunk railway between Wellington and Paekakariki has begun (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington). The poles. for carrying the overhead electric lines have now been erected from Paekakariki to a point smith of Pukerua Bay station. At no distant date electric locomotives like those that attract the attention of ■■ visitors at Lyttelton and Otira will be an every-day feature of the WellingtonPaekakariki traffic. This section of the railway will derive its tractive force from our rivers, whose energy, converted into hydro-electric power, will be carried via the Khandallah sub-station, and five new railway sub-stations to be erected, to the electric locomotives through overhead gear, the construction of which hai now begun at the Paekakariki end.

Probate Granted Probate has been granted by his Honor Mir Justice Kennedy in the following •states: —Annie Power, of Dunedin, Agnes . Bunting Strathearn Nelson, of Caversham; John Shirken Mullen, of Cromwell; Elizabeth Ann Thomson, of Awamangu; and Margaret Kinder, of Dunedin. Letters of administration were granted in the following estates:—Wilfred Longworth, of Opoho; William Roger Smyth, of Lawrence; Margaret Forrest Johnstone, of Dunedin; and John Switalla, of Allanton.

Unusual Industrial Dispute In the Canterbury threshing mill employees’ dispute, which was heard in Christchurch on Wednesday, a complete settlement was reached between the parties, who agreed to shifting time by special arrangement with the mill owners and the men employed. In view' of the fact that the parties had to settle their differences in court, the dispute aroused more than usual interest, and it is understood that as a result of the proceedings no fewer than 25 summonses were issued against employers.

A Handsome Trophy There is at present on view in the George street window of Messrs Arthm Barnett, Ltd., the Lord Bledisloe Challenge Cup which is given annually for the best display of New Zealand apples entered for competition in the southetn hemisphere section of the Imperial Fruit Show (London)., In 1931 and 1932, the first two years in .which this handsome trophy was competed for, it was won by Mr H. E. Stevens, of Stoke, Nelson, but last year it came to Otago, the winners of the coveted honour being Messrs Turner Brothers, of Ettrick, It is- a notable coincidence that Messrs Turner Brothers are the sons of Mr H. Turner, the London manager of the New Zealand Fruit Board. Fate of Dunedin Artist Three very ' fine pictures from the brush of Mr James P. Scott, formerly of Dunedin, have lately come into the possession of Mr Clement May,* of Wellington. Mr May (says the Dominion) was very closely acquainted with Mr Scott ixl the old days at Dunedin, The three pictures, which have been forwarded td Mr May as a memento by the members of Mr Scott’s family, are finished works, very attractive in design and colour, two of them unorthodox views of Veriice, and the third a sun-bathing beach scene in Capri (Italy). The story of Mr Scott’s end is a very sad one. Possessed of undoubted talent, he decided to try his fortune in London some years ago, but only those who have attempted to get a footing as an artist in the great metropolis can imagine what the young man went through. He went through the travail of the Great War-with a singing heart, only to meet with a more implacable enemy as far as his art was concerned — an uninterested public. Yet his work was good. In 1932 he marched with the New Zealanders to the Cenotaph on Anzac Day to pay & tribute to his old comrades now at rest. . It was during the ceremony in Whitehall that, he collapsed. He was taken to the hospital, and there died. The verdict was that he died of starvation. One hour after his death the news was received that the Hanging Committee of the Royal Academy had accepted one of his pictures. Mr Scott had many friends in Wellington, and it is suggested that an exhibition of his work would attract attention. It is understood (the Dominion adds) that his people in Dunedin have a number of his paintings, and might he induced to consider the loan of them for exhibition or sale.

Inquiry Into Launch Disappearance The disappearance of the launch Advance, which left Port Ahuriri on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 5, of last year, and was never seen again, is to be investigated at the inquest which is to be conducted at Napier on October 5. Three men, two of whom were residents of Wanganui and the third of Port Ahuriri, were on board the launch, for which a most extensive search was made, without result. Aeroplanes were used and the shore was patrolled for miles. Heavy seas occurred at the time, and the generally accepted theory was that after experiencing engine trouble the launch was driven out to sea. The Advance was a large launch, and was originally chartered to carry 84 passengers, and was used on the Waitemata Harbour and the Waikato River. She later went to Wanganui and was purchased for use in metal dredging from the river bed. Finally, she was fitted with suitable refrigerating equipment, and became an up-to-date fishing launch. In June of 1932 she had trouble with her engines, and was towed into Wanganui Harbour by the coastal vessel Titoki, which picked her up 12 miles off shore.

** Unlawful Conversion " Motor car thieving, politely, irritatingly, and quite illogically described in the terminology of the Police Offences Act as "unlawful conversion,” still goes merrily on, because the punishment allowed to be imposed on convicted delinquents is inadequate and ineffective. It may be hoped (the Dominion says) that the recent case reported from Auckland will have the effect of bringing home to the authorities the necessity, argued time and again, of dealing with this class of offence on more exemplary lines. In this instance a constable has been seriously injured in the discharge of his duty, and so far as can be seen the chances of catching the offender would seem to be extremely small. What is clearly wanted is a degree of punishment that will make an “ unlawful converter ” think, not twice, but many times, before indulging in w'hat the law at present regards as little more than a prank.

Names of Warships “Why not save the Maori names until H.M.S. Diomede and Dunedin are scrapped? The English people do not know how to pronounce them and, what is more, do not understand their meanings,” said Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson at a meeting of the General Committee of the Canterbury branch of the Navy League on Thursday night, when the proposal from the Wellington branch that two warships now being built should be named Kupe and Turi instead of Eclipse and Esk was being discussed. Members agreed that the names would be more fittingly attached to ships continually in New Zealand waters, and it was decided to notify the Wellington branch accordingly.

A preliminary announcement in connection with a benefit dance to be held on October 11 appears in this issue. Three more -dances will be held by St. Joseph’s Club before the close of the season. Particulars concerning the jubilee ball and a church service for members of the Loyal Valley Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., are advertised in this issue. Particulars of special train arrangements in connection with the Kurow Jockey Club’s races at Oamaru next Saturday are advertised in this issue. C. W. Sundstrum, Dentist, 53 Moray place, Dunedin, will visit Waipiata, Monday, October 16; Kanfurly, Monday, October 16; Naseby, Tuesday, October 17. — Advt. When in doubt about your roof ring Donald Stuart, Ltd., and put off roofing worries for years. —Advt. A. Frank Anderson, Dental Surgeon, Princes street, Dunedin, will visit Waipiata and Patearoa Thursday, October 19; Kanfurly, Friday, October 20.—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley, dentists, Bank of Australasia, corner ol Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 12-359. —Advt. Note our new address for Electrical Goods, Repairs, and Fishing Tackle is 36 George street. —Barth Electrical Supplies, Ltd. —Advt. Save your eyes. Be wise, and consult W. V. Sturmer, optician (2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age.— Advt.